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Right in June I'm being shipped to a power station up north somewhere. Do any of you guys work in a power station that you can recommend so I can put it in writing and look for digs
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Where about?

I have worked in some before, but mostly in the highlands
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At the minute I'm in Deptford south London I got an idea I'm going Sizewell in Suffolk I won't be going Highlands yet as I haven't done my Scottish disclosure yet
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Suffolk in the north? Middlesbrough up is north
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What do you do? And who do u work for? Worked on powerstations for years until recently had a year or so off. Can recommend digs when u know where u r going?

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Anything past Watford gap is north. And I'm a scaffolder for cape plc.
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I always work at Power Stations.

I use whatver Hotels are suitable with an distance of around 10 miles, that don't charge a fortune and have vacancies.

Saying that, I do short term visits, so this approach works for me.
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I'm only there for shut downs and super heater replacement so 4 to 7 weeks at a station. The company pays for it but be nice to get in a house share or something. Or maybe a room to rent as don't wanna be stuck in a hotel on my own
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From what I have seen on my travels, a lot of B&Bs etc close to Stations generally offer specific Contractor accomodation & rates during busy periods such as Outages.
So may be worth having a little search on Google.
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Thanks mate. Hopefully somewhere that can give me a blank receipt lol
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Wait till your in the highlands, the hotel and b&b staff make packed lunches and everything
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Fuck me ill move up there for good
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Johnny make sure u get a day rate then outage rate. In my experience is usually just under half less because you pay for 7 days for 6 7 ...... Weeks also you prob wont be having the breakfast either
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Yeah I got this rate... £22 per hour for 38 hours. Mon - fri 7 til 3 Fri 7 - 1 anything over these 38 hours is double time. For this outage in Deptford is 12 hour days 7 days a week.
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I'm at Drax

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What do you do for work kyle?
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IT, I think hertel do all our scaffolding now?

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Yeah there is only 3 big firms in the country doing these and that is one of them.
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IT, I think hertel do all our scaffolding now?


Done some work next to drax where Murphy's are.
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Matey up north works for balfour beatty and is/was in a log cabin in the Highlands. He said it wasn't too expensive and he's sharing with a colleague.
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That sounds very homo erotic Ben
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They don't fuck eachother AFAIK, Pow.

He just wanted somewhere nice to stay as he's up there for a while.
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Originally posted by pow
That sounds very homo erotic Ben



Pretty common
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Johnny i ment the outage rate for the digs. All digs will give u a lesser rate for long term like in an outage

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